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Monday, September 30, 2013

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Christopher Eccleston The 9th Doctor

First off in
what will probably be a very unpopular statement I do not like Christopher
Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor.Don’t get me
wrong I will watch his stories and do watch the ones I like quite frequently
every year.But I just don’t have much
love for the Ninth Doctor.Now this is
not going to be a rip on Eccleston or I hate the Ninth Doctor rant but will be
more of an appreciation for what he did in Doctor Who’s history and the shows
very welcome return.

Now looking
back to March of 2005 when Doctor Who returned to TV and we hear the first
words from the new Doctor there was much excitement and intrigued.What will he be like what would the new show
be like and will it be just as much fun and entertaining as the Classic Series.
Well the producers picked the right guy
for The Doctor as he jumped started the show and got the ball rolling and ran
with it for a brief 13 episode series.Christopher Eccleston can be looked at as the man who got Doctor Who
going on this incredible run of popularity.Really look back at his series with a mix of good stories and mediocre
stories.What is evident in all of the
stories good or bad is the performance of Christopher Eccleston and how good it
was even if the story was not all that good like The Long Game.

The
importance of Christopher Eccleston is huge. If Russell T. Davies was the man
responsible for reviving the show then Christopher Eccleston was the glue that
held it all together.If he failed to
get the fans to like him and also to attract new fans then the show would not
have taken off in the David Tennant era and have the global success as we have
seen in the Matt Smith era and Peter Capaldi would probably not be the 12th
man to take up the mantle at Christmas.His performance and likeability with the Classic fans was a huge factor
for its success.Yes some of the credit
has to go to the writers because if the season had horrible stories then no one
would watch no matter how good the lead was but Christopher Eccleston was
integral in its success.Maybe that is
why so many fans were sad to see him leave so soon since they loved his
performance and felt cheated of watching him continue on as The Doctor. Oh what
could have been.

Christopher
Eccleston Doctor was rude and energetic but had an energy to him.He was also carrying around a big burden of
guilt for being the last Time Lord. But what the Ninth Doctor had most of all
was yearn for adventure to go out and see the universe and was happy to show
Rose all the wonders. He also was one for putting things to right and did not
have patience for fools or ignorant people.He has a temper also and can fly
off when things don’t go the way they should.Look how he reacted to Adam when he betrayed his trust or when he was
confronting the Daleks.

One part of
the Ninth Doctor that was noticeable was how Rose mellowed him.Like in Dalek when he was pointing the gun at
the Dalek and Rose talked him down saying how he was more like the Dalek than
The Doctor.You could see that he needed
that grounding aspect in his life with the companion more now than ever since whatever
he did during the Time War.He was able
to change and you don’t see that much in past incarnations of The Doctor and
that was one part of the Ninth that was good to see and made the character more
realistic.

Whether you
love him or don’t like him you have to admit we owe a lot to Christopher
Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor.Besides the
obvious of igniting the flame back into an aging fanbase and show he did quite
a bit to get that flame into bombfire.He had a charm and personality that clicked right away and when he said
those first word of “Run” to Rose we knew he meant run and an adventure of a
lifetime was about to beginning and we have been running ever since. So thank
you Christopher Eccleston your Ninth Doctor was indeed “Fantastic”.

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